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    Biden’s Latest Dim-Bulb Idea: Military Electric Vehicles

    America’s commander in chief just laid another egg. President Joe Biden wants all Pentagon vehicles to be electric by 2030—in just six years and seven months. America’s fearless leader previewed this policy on Earth Day 2022. “We’re going to start the process where every vehicle in the United States military, every vehicle, is going to be…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Massive Tourism, Oil Pipeline Projects to Boost Jordanian Economy

    Jordan’s tourism sector is booming. In the first quarter of 2023, tourism increased by 90.7%, surpassing tourism numbers in the first quarter of pre-COVID 2019. Petra, Wadi Rum, Karak Castle, Aqaba, and the Dead Sea are just a few of the sites that have put the Western-friendly Hashemite kingdom of Jordan on the map. Tourism,…
    Nicole Robinson
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    Energy Department’s Costly Bid to Regulate Gas Stoves Out of Existence Inflames Consumers

    The Department of Energy’s controversial conventional cooktops rule would introduce draconian energy-efficiency standards for gas stoves, making them unaffordable for many Americans. Gas stoves are the top choice for many people, because the temperature can be quickly adjusted. It’s not surprising that the prospect of eliminating gas stoves is unpopular, and that Americans want the…
    Rachael Wilfong
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    Climate Change Extremists Detained After Attack on Degas Statue at National Gallery of Art

    The FBI is investigating the climate change alarmists with the group Declare Emergency who defaced the protective box around Edgar Degas’ “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” statue at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning.   “The Federal Bureau of Investigation is assisting in the investigation, which is still active,” said Kaywin Feldman, director…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Heritage Foundation Appeals to Force EPA Disclosures in East Palestine Train Derailment

    The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project has appealed a court ruling siding with the Environmental Protection Agency in its refusal to disclose information about the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.  The Feb. 3 train derailment gained significant national media coverage for the Ohio town of 4,700, as well as a visit from former President…
    Fred Lucas
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    US Urged to ‘Reassert Its Role’ as Energy, Political ‘Power Broker’

    Fred Zeidman, director and co-chair of Council for a Secure America, says the U.S. must “reassert its role as both an energy and a political power broker.” “It’s important for the future of mankind. We now have an ability to destroy the earth, and you have a lot of folks that don’t really care if…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    Emissions-Free Electric Vehicles Are a Fantasy

    Come 2032, if President Joe Biden has his way, most Americans who want new cars may have to buy electric vehicles. While the administration insists that such a mandate will reduce climate change, the fact is, when adding up the emissions required to produce and power the batteries of electric vehicles, EVs can create more…
    Diana Furchtgott-Roth
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    Germans Are Getting Mugged by Reality of Green Energy

    When one of us (Mackenzie Fries) visited Germany last month, she saw firsthand the cost of the nation’s environmental policies, and it was staggering. Germans continue to complain about the ever-increasing energy costs that result from those policies, a major source of discontent. The nation has been phasing out conventional fuels and phasing in less…
    Mackenzie Fries
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    Parents Scrub Toilets So Their Kids Can Attend This Christian School

    One Christian school in Texas provides such a great education opportunity for children that parents are cleaning toilets at the school to afford tuition. Braveheart Christian Academy in Arlington, Texas, provides children in preschool through sixth grade with an individualized approach to education and classroom sizes with a student-teacher ratio of 8 to 1.  Administrators…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Energy Expert Stresses Need for More Pipelines After Train Derailment

    An energy expert says the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, underscores the need for more pipelines to transport potentially hazardous substances. “This recent rail accident in East Palestine in Ohio has shown us that we need more pipelines to carry these potential dangerous chemicals, rather than using road and rail,” says Diana…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    DOJ, EPA Sue Norfolk Southern Railroad Over East Palestine Train Derailment

    The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against Norfolk Southern Corp., owner of the 50-car train that derailed almost two months ago in East Palestine, Ohio.  The complaint in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, filed on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, seeks penalties for what it says was the unlawful…
    Fred Lucas
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    As More Trains Derail, Heritage Foundation Asks Court to Force EPA to Release Information on Ohio Disaster 

    The Environmental Protection Agency is blocking release of public information about the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which created an ecological disaster, alleges a lawsuit from The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project.  The push for more information comes as the EPA faces additional questions about a derailment Thursday in Minnesota of a 22-car…
    Fred Lucas
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    New Jersey’s $8,000-Per-Resident Wind Energy Scheme Won’t Reduce Climate Change

    In stark contrast to the bucolic vision of harvesting energy from the wind, New Jersey is witnessing harsh political reality. Gov. Phil Murphy has approved a large offshore wind farm in southern New Jersey, and local residents and officials who oppose the project because of extremely high costs, the lack of reliable energy, and the…
    Travis Fisher
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    Department of Energy’s Lab Leak Bombshell Exposes the Utter Bankruptcy of ‘Experts’ and the Media

    In 2020, if you thought it was possible COVID-19 came from a lab in China you were labeled a conspiracy theorist, a peddler of misinformation, “bonkers,” and a racist. Facebook and other social media removed the lab leak claim from their apps or slapped “misinformation” labels on it. Facebook did so in lockstep with the…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    The Inefficiency of the Left’s ‘Energy Efficiency’ Mandates

    President Joe Biden likely had his fingers crossed last month while promising Americans that the administration “does not support” gas stove bans. That’s because this month, his Department of Energy released a proposed rule updating energy efficiency standards with new costly and stringent standards for conventional cooking products—including gas stoves—that would make them unaffordable for…
    Rachael Wilfong
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    Lying and Denying: Left Is Still Out to Take Away Your Gas Stove

    Southern Democrats attacked the U.S. Army at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. Having ignited the Civil War, these Southerners had the chutzpah to call it the War of Northern Aggression. In like fashion, Democrats unleashed today’s War on Gas. Inspired by their Confederate ancestors, they then blame their victims who complain that…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Biden Spending Billions on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Many Americans Will Never Use

    It’s winter, with high temperatures well below freezing in Jackson, Wyoming, and barely above freezing in Wyoming’s capital, Cheyenne. Relying only on battery-powered electric vehicles in a cold climate takes courage because car batteries quickly lose their charge when temperatures are low. Yet the federal government wants to spend billions to build charging stations all…
    Diana Furchtgott-Roth
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    Joint Ford-China Electric Vehicle Battery Plant Contrary to American Interests

    When Gov. Glenn Youngkin decided to remove the commonwealth of Virginia from competing with Michigan for an electric vehicle battery plant owned by Ford Motor Co. but operated by a Chinese industrial giant, he acted both in Virginia’s and America’s best interests. His decision displays strategic insight, choosing American interests over the Chinese game plan….
    Diana Furchtgott-Roth
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    A Modest Proposal on Where Tyrants Can Put Their Gas Bans

    I support a woman’s right to choose whether or not to cook on a gas stove. Too bad allegedly “pro-choice” Democrats disagree. Preventing women (and men) from using natural gas has become all the rage among today’s totalitarian Democrats. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. just proposed to ban gas stoves. New York Gov….
    Deroy Murdock
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    Democrats’ Gasophobia Will Kill Americans

    The just-departed polar vortex confirmed that when Mother Nature is enraged, it’s wise to have options. Maddeningly, today’s “pro-choice” Democrats want Americans to have one energy choice. Neo-totalitarian, left-wing eco-extremists are banning new natural gas access in scores of locales. If not reversed, this cruel, stupid, needless policy will kill Americans. The Christmastime deep freeze that transformed…
    Deroy Murdock
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